Cougar Kudos to Team 9 for their service and leadership with our K-8 friends from King and Presumpscot during Better the World Day. Thanks to the seniors for sharing their voices with intelligence and passion during the soapbox speeches.

PAG will be hosting an annual Spring lunch for the teacher + staff on May 9 at 11:30-12:30. We need a few volunteers to set up (20 mins max) and clean up ( 20 mins max).

AP Testing will take place this Wednesday-Friday. Good luck to our test-takers.

Prom is this Saturday from 8pm-11pm at Mechanics Hall.

All are invited to Family Crew Night on Thursday, May 24th (6:30-8pm), our semi-annual community gathering and celebration. Student entertainment and work will be showcased throughout the evening. (Dessert potluck).

The Shared Space Cafe´planned for 5/17 has been postponed until next fall, October 5th, so families celebrating Ramadan can more likely participate.

Help Wanted

PAG is working on Crew leader appreciation project. If you or your student would like to write a letter (with a story or memory) for a crew leader/ teacher "about how they have impacted your family/student/you", "made a difference, or helped out with something" - Please contact Sarah Comptoncompton207@gmail.com

CBHS Wishlist
It’s hard to believe we are down to the final weeks of the 2017/2018 school year. This will be our last request to replenish the Crew Leaders wish list of supplies to finish up the school year.

To help with the purchasing of the "wish list " items easier, the online Registry at Target is still available. All items purchased will be shipped free, directly to the school for easy distribution.
If you have any questions please contact Leo Tinkham at leotinkham@yahoo.com
Happy Shopping! ✂️
Check it out:

On May 17th at 2:45, A-Z Alliance will be showing the movie "The Way He Looks" in the library. There will snacks sold, and all proceeds will go to supporting Casco's presence at PRIDE! All are welcome to join us and watch this critically-acclaimed Brazilian film.

If you didn’t get a “Better the World” t’shirt yesterday (L, S and M remain), but would like one, please see Mr. Pierce. Thanks to Anya Criden Clark for the CBHS design.

The seniors that currently run the sound equipment for school meetings and other events will be graduating this year. Any current freshmen interested in this opportunity, please get in contact with Jacob Libby via text (207-807-6444), email (jacobmlibby@gmail.com), FaceBook, etc. No prior experience required.

AP Testing this Week - Good luck AP Students

Wednesday and Friday the test starts at 8am. Thursday the test starts at 11:30am. Tests will be administered in China. (Extended time students will be in the Room of Requirement.)

Wed: AP Lit:

Room Shifts

Bk 4 – Jr/Sr Alg to Haiti

Bk 5 – Jr/Sr Alg to Dominican Republic

Bk 6 – Hum 3 Robinson to Wellness

Thursday: AP Env Sci: 11:30 start

Room Shifts

Acad – to Russia (combine)

Bk 3 – Hum 3 Robinson – Wellness

Crew – Burke Crew – 3rd floor hallway

Friday: AP US:

Room Shifts

Bk 4 – Jr/Sr Alg to Haiti

Bk 5 – Jr/Sr Alg to Dominican Republic

Bk 6 – Hum 3 Robinson to Wellness

We will release students for language classes and PATHS.

Exciting Green News! Starting today, we will have reusable silverware at lunch. Please place used silverware in the bucket of soapy water when you go to sort your trash. Help our school become the greenest school in the state. No more plastic utensils. (Note: we are piloting this idea, so there may be times when plastic is necessary to fill in the gaps if we don't have enough silverware)

Crew Advisors: Send Ms. Welch the names of any students BY THE END OF CREW who would like to participate in today’s Mix It Up Lunch - in Russia and China.

Seniors: Let Mr. Pierce know by day’s end if you would like to be one of three student reps on the committee to choose the class writer for graduation.

Monday – B Day - TST – Grade 10 – Great Space

Wednesday - 11:30 Dismissal - Senior Ringmaking Begins

Thursday – Special Schedule for Courageous Conversation and Senior Ringmaking

11:30 - UMPI visits

Crew – 1:40-2:30 – Courageous Conversation 9-11

Friday -Crew – Seniors Coffee House

2:30 Cabinet

Saturday - Prom – 8 to 11pm, Mechanics Hall

Community Summer OpportunitiesApply to Intern at the Portland Museum of Art: This position offers high school students the opportunity to learn about the museum industry through the development of youth and teen programs. This seven-week fellowship program is designed to foster creative thinking, to build community, and to use the Portland Museum of Art (PMA) collection for inspiration and idea building. The Homer High School Fellow will be one of seven fellows who will collaborate on projects and programs. Applicants must be rising high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, or seniors and have the ability to obtain a work permit if under 16 years of age. The Homer High School Fellows will work at the PMA and offsite daily for a total of approximately 135 hours. Tentatively, seven hours a day for two days a week. Some weekend and evening hours required. It will be from July 9 through August 21, 2018. See Imti Hassan if your interested! Link below https://www.portlandmuseum.org/position/homer-high-school-fellow

Women of the Sea:

This program is an integrated two-week STEM-based marine biology and sailing program for Maine High School young women. The lucky 12 participants will spend two weeks learning about oceanography, marine biology, maritime history, sustainability, marine technology, marine debris, etc. on Hurricane Island and aboard a sailing vessel. Each experiencing one week of programming on Hurricane Island and the other week learning aboard Vela, a 50-foot gaff headed sloop, that will travel between Boothbay Harbor and Hurricane Island.

This program was created with the intention of creating a long-lasting and broad-reaching program that focuses on providing Maine young women with STEM experiences. Take your summer experience to the next level with learning and adventure at-sea with other young women who share your passion and excitement about the world around them!

The programs cost is a little less than $2,000 but there is lots of financial aid available. hurricaneisland.net under summer programs, WOTS.

Two free and reduced-cost Rippleffect leadership programs for Maine high school students this summer.